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Happy Hagfish Day

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Oct 20, 2021
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No One Is Prepared for Hagfish Slime
It expands by 10,000 times in a fraction of a second, it's 100,000 times softer than Jell-O, and it fends off sharks and Priuses alike. At first glance, the hagfish-a sinuous, tubular animal with pink-grey skin and a paddle-shaped tail-looks very much like an eel.
No One Is Prepared for Hagfish Slime
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/hagfish-slime/581002/
No One Is Prepared for Hagfish Slime
 
The Hagfish Is the Slimy Sea Creature of Your Nightmares
The hagfish is a slime-emitting ocean-dweller that's remained unchanged for 300 million years--and it shows. It has a skull (but no spine), velvet smooth ski...
The Hagfish Is the Slimy Sea Creature of Your Nightmares
https://youtu.be/_8FVpj0p-iU
The Hagfish Is the Slimy Sea Creature of Your Nightmares
 
What If You Fell Into a Pool of Hagfish?
They're sneaky. They're slimy. And they're hungry for meat. The hagfish, or slime eel, has earned its name due to its unique defense mechanism. When they ar...
What If You Fell Into a Pool of Hagfish?
https://youtu.be/4lBtq3iQz-M
What If You Fell Into a Pool of Hagfish?